ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,016, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Ningbo Heimi Information Technology Co. Ltd. (Ningbo, China).
"Hanging pod" was invented by Yaping Lin (Yueqing, China) and Xiaomin Liu (Bozhou, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The provided is a hanging pod, including a hanging pod body, a light-emitting device, and a soft cushion. The hanging pod body is hollow and conical, allowing a user to lie or sit inside the hanging pod body for rest or entertainment. A top of the hanging pod body is provided with a connector, through which the hanging pod is connected to an indoor hanging point or an outdoor tree trunk, railing, etc., such that the...